FIRST LIGHT

Baxter, Charles

ISBN 10: 0670817015 / ISBN 13: 9780670817016

Published by Viking, (New York), 1987

About this Item

Inscribed first edition of Baxter's first novel, a touching sibling story told in reverse signed with a selected quotation. 8.5'' x 5.25''. Original quarter cream cloth over cream paper boards. In original unclipped ($17.95) color pictorial jacket. [12], 286 pages. Inscribed by Baxter on title page: "To Fernando E. Vega, / '. he reaches forward and with unpracticed tenderness, touches his sister's hand for the first time.' (p. 286) / With best wishes, / Charles Baxter / October 11, 1995." Jacket lightly edgeworn, faint rubbing. Book clean, tight.

Seller Inventory # 53169

Bibliographic Details

• Title: FIRST LIGHT
• Publisher: Viking, (New York)
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670817015
• ISBN 13: 9780670817016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First printing.
• Condition: Fine in very good plus jacket.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Hugh Welch has cared for his little sister Dorsey ever since they were children, when Dorsey looked at him as though he were a god. But when Dorsey returns to their small Michigan hometown with a successful career as an astrophysicist and a happy family life, Hugh, who has a long habit of worrying about his sister, realizes that it s his own life he has to cure, not Dorsey s. As they explore their complicated history over one hot Fourth of July weekend, they ll come to terms with the experiences that put such distance between them and discover the imperfect love that ties them as siblings.

About the Author

Charles Baxter is the author of the novels The Feast of Love (nominated for the National Book Award), The Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, and Shadow Play, and the collections Gryphon, Believers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net, and Harmony of the World. He lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the M.F.A. Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.